Pictures of the day: Philippines' new missile-armed warship

Philippine Navy's Spokesman Lt. Commander Gregory Fabic Said That In Due Course BRP Gregorio del Pilar And BRP Ramon Alcaraz Could Gain An Anti-submarine & Surface-to-surface Missiles Warfare Capability - a First For The PN...Photo Courtesy, Jbongsky30

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EAST CHINA SEA (JUNE 19, 2013) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) shield their faces from jet exhaust as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 513 lands on the ship's flight deck. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group is conducting joint force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Edward Guttierrez III)

KINGS BAY, Ga. (June 17, 2013) The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay following one year of at sea operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ashley Hedrick)

U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers provide security after unloading from a CH-53E Supper Stallion helcopter during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye

US Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs (the leftmost of the trio atop the wing), checks out a B-2 bomber at Whitman Air Force Base in Missouri, June 18. DoD photo / D. Myles Cullen

At 8:30 on June 18, Tonnerre (L9014) amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the French Navy has docked at Baria-Secere Port, Phu My Town, Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam. The Tonnerre, headed by Colonel Jean-François Querat, stayed at the port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau nearby instead of visiting Ho Chi Minh City because it is too big to be accommodated by the city’s port.

China on Wednesday successfully conducted taking-off and landing exercises of J-15 fighter jets on the country's first aircraft, the Liaoning.This is the second time the country has conducted such training after a first jet landing exercise passed successfully on the deck in November last year. Jet exercises from aircraft carrier.[Photo/navy.81.cn]